The police had to cordon off the area.
Source: tatoeba (8985273)
Cordon
//ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən//
Synonyms for "cordon" (149 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (74)
isolationjailjailerjokerkeep apartkeep asidekennellay asideleaguermewmew upobjectionobstacleobstructionobstructiveone small difficultyorderornamentoutguardoutpost
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3 entriesderived
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Translations
22 translations across 11 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- кардо́н noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кордо́н noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
- шири́т noun (ribbon)
German
2 entries- Kordon noun (ribbon)
- Kordon noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
Hungarian
2 entries- kordon noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
- zsinór noun (ribbon)
Irish
1 entries- ribín ridireachta noun (ribbon)
Māori
1 entries- aukati noun (ribbon)
Portuguese
1 entries- cordão noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
Romanian
1 entries- cordon noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
Russian
2 entries- кордо́н noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
- ле́нта noun (ribbon)
Swedish
4 entries- band noun (ribbon)
- kedja noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
- kordong noun (ribbon)
- kordong noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кордо́н noun (line of people or things placed around an area)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The flimsy cordon failed to keep back the protestors.
Source: tatoeba (8997414)
Several people tried to break through the cordon.
Source: tatoeba (10868563)
Remove the cordon.
Source: tatoeba (10887835)
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